Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1991 Chevrolet Astro submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
THE BACK DOUBLE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN ANYMORE. I CAN NOT GET INTO THE VAN TO PLACE MY SONS WHEEL CHAIR INTO IT. THE SPACE IN THE REAR WAS THE REASON WHY I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE SIDE DOOR WILL NO LONGER LOCK, AND THE INTERIOR LIGHT WILL NOT COME ON WHEN THE DOOR IS OPEN. *TS *NLM **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12-12-02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**770142
CAR PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. UPON TURNING KEY TO START, SMOKE STARTED BILLOWING FROM UNDER DASH. SHUT OFF KEY, DISCONNECTED BATTERY AND AIRED VEHICLE. FOUND MELTED/ BARE WIRING. CONTACTED CHEVERLOT CUSTORMER SERVICE (#990501Z66, CONTACT KIM HILL). INDIVIDUAL REPORTED NOTHING GM COULD DO TO DEFRAY COSTS OF REPAIR. DEALER ESTIMATE AT $2,240. *AK
SITTING IN THE FRONT PASSANGER'S SEAT AND THE SEAT COLLAPSED AND FELL BACKWARDS. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND HAD SEAT REPLACED. VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER THE RECALL #93V187000. *AK
THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN THE DASH HAS BEEN INOPERATIVE DUE TO A SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. DEALER HAS FIXED. *AK
COSUMER GOT A FLAT TIRE AND COULDN'T GET TO THE SPARE TIRE BECAUSE THE REAR HATCH LATCH IS BROKE . PLEASE DESCRIBE .*AK
AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE DASH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. *AK VEHICLE IS A TOTAL LOSS. *SLC
DOORS; FAILURE ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DOORS, DOOR WILL NOT OPEN. *AK
VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY, UNDER DASH COMPARTMENT FIRE, ELECTRICAL SHORT. *AK
REAR DOOR LATCHING MECHANISM IS BROKEN AND CAN NOT OPEN.OWNER HAS TPO REPAIR EVERY YEAR. TT
WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BROKE. TT LOSS CONTROL OF VEHICLE ON WET ROAD DURING HEAVY RAIN FALL, VEHICLE TURNED OVER ON SHOULDER OFF ROAD ONTO PASSENGER SIDE, SEAT BELTREMIANED FASTENED, BUT BACK PORTION AT MANUAL CRANCK DEVICE ON BOTH SEATS BROKE AWAY, THIS ALLOWED DRIVER TO SLIDE OUT FROM UNDER SEAT BELT AND SHOULDER BELT, TO BE TOSSED TO REAR OF VAN, LANDING BEHIND BACK SEAT, DRIVER SUFFERED MULTIPLE BRUISES AND SCRRAPES TO FACE,LIMBS AND BODY , SOME OF THESE INJURIS HAVE LEFT PERMANENT CIRCULATION PROBLEMS IN ANKLE.*JB
DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE COLLAPSED UPON BEING REAR ENDED. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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